Huawei launches first IP club in Ghana

Huawei Ghana launched its inaugural IP Club in Accra, bringing together
private and public sector IT experts for exchange of ideas and
development of IP industry in the country.

The platform is the first of its kind in Ghana signifying another step
forward towards transforming the country into an information-rich and
knowledge-based society and economy.

Announcing the launch at Huawei Ghana’s first IP GALA in Accra, Chen
Zhijun, Vice President of Huawei Southern Africa Region stated, digital
transformation is sweeping across the world and Huawei is firmly
committed to innovation and local talent fostering by creating an open,
healthy and sustainable ecosystem where every stakeholder can contribute
and benefit from.”

He added Chen Zhijun added that in the coming days more technology and
resources will be allocated to the Ghana market to facilitate new
technologies adoption and increase supply of advanced intelligent IP
network solutions and differentiated innovative products.

He asserted that it will strengthen the cultivation of talents and upskilling of ICT practitioners in the IP Club.

The event with its theme: “RETHINK IP FOR A DIGITAL ECONOMY”, was
attended by Deputy Minister of Communications of Ghana, Hon. George
Andah and over 200 representatives from Mobile Network Operators
(Telcos) and IT enterprise for in-depth exchange of ideas over topics
including challenges in digital transformation, industry standards
formulation and public-private sector collaboration.

In his welcome address, the Deputy Minister of Communications said: “the
IP Club is timely intervention which will help ICT professionals in
Ghana compete on the global stage.” He noted that the initiative is in
line with the digitization strategies of many countries including Ghana
as it helps cultivate a pool of ICT professionals that are crucial to
industry development, thus boosting ICT industry growth, driving the
development of different sectors, and contributing to lower unemployment
rates over the long term.”

As one of the core leaders in the IP network field, Huawei aims to meet
customers’ requirements for digital transformation and intelligent
networks. In the mainstream scenarios such as enterprise campus, data
center, WAN, WLAN, and network security, Huawei launches the four-engine
brand strategies of CloudEngineer switches, NetEngine routers, and
AirEngineer WiFi 6 AP, HiSecEngine security gateways, while leading in
key technologies and business processes, it also makes outstanding
contributions to the industry.

Huawei is a global leader in technology and IP. The company has
contributed to the development of the frontiers of technology on the
global level. It sits on more than 40 technology working groups.

Additionally, Huawei contributes to more than 12 industry standards and
open source organisations. It participates in about 80% of SRv6
standards formulation. Huawei drafts more than 240 technical proposals
on WiFi 6, making it the highest ranking company in the industry.

Huawei builds interactive end-to-end products and its Huawei AirEngine,
the industry’s first commercial Wi-Fi 6 product won the 2019 Gold Media
Award at the InterOp Tokyo Exhibition in Japan. Huawei combined
efficiency with non-existent innovation to produce an ultra-large
bandwith, ultra-high capacity and ultra-low latency product. The product
is also an Internet-of-Things (IoT) flexible.

In Ghana, more than 300 people from over 15 local companies has
benefited from technological upskilling in ICT training center in Accra
established by HUAWEI Ghana in December 2018.